Get Video Jobs Through Craigslist (with Minimal Effort)

I wanted to share a little tip I decided to try today, and I’m quite pleased with the outcome. Searching for work as a video editor can be tiresome. After updating websites, demo reels, Facebook pages, blogs, Twitter status, etc., then sometime you have to pound the payment and find video editing gigs in classified [...]

Conforming Changes in Soundtrack Pro Mixes

Another great tip from the Tips for Final Cut Pro Editors blog regarding the conform function in Soundtrack Pro: So I made the changes in FCP, exported the sequence to STP again, but this time with a different file name. Then, once in STP, I clicked the conform button, and in the dialog box that [...]

Setup & Preferences – User Preferences

This is an article in the Real World Editing series. In this article, we’re going to take a look at the setup and preferences in Final Cut Pro.  “Boooring”, you might be thinking. “When do we get to start editing?” This is a very important step in the understanding of Final Cut Pro. It is [...]

Real World Editing

I’ve decided to embark on a series of articles comprehensively covering Final Cut Pro (and, ultimately Final Cut Studio) called Real World Editing. One thing that I’ve found lacking in my search for video education, whether I was just learning how to edit, or wanting to enhance my skills as a colorist, etc. is “real [...]